Question regarding locktite........

[chatterbox]

Guys,
When you locktite your scope bases down, how long do you let the locktite cure before you put your optic on your gun?

[VAlongbeard84]

I always just let it sit overnight and put the optic on then. Maybe longer than need be, but its what I have always done.

[drenalinld]

I mount it immediately. I want the loctite to keep the screws from backing out due to vibration from riding in a truck, shooting the gun, expansion and contraction from heating and cooling, etc. Mounting the scope should not cause any of that. 

[goblr77]

I mount the scope immediately and use loctite on the ring screws as well.


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[C J Stahly]

I mount it immediately. I want the loctite to keep the screws from backing out due to vibration from riding in a truck, shooting the gun, expansion and contraction from heating and cooling, etc. Mounting the scope should not cause any of that. 

The only time I have ever had screws loosen/back out were on the rings.  Scope was sliding forward and backward. A little loctite and problem was solved. 

[MAGGUNS]

Just do not use the wrong locktite!

[chatterbox]

Just do not use the wrong locktite!

I always use the blue, never the red.

[BowBendr]

Just do not use the wrong locktite!

Amen. I've started using the purple loc-tite made specifically for small screws, works great.

[jerseyjimk]

you can use red, but you will have to use  heat it to get it off

[bird]

I heard rumor that chatterbox used some gorilla glue instead.  

[hookedspur]

PURPLE is all I use .

[chatterbox]

I heard rumor that chatterbox used some gorilla glue instead.  

Well, I know it will hold up, that's for sure!

[30_06]

I mount the optics immediately...and use the purple Loctite as well.

[joshua]

Just do not use the wrong locktite!

I always use the blue, never the red.

Used the red one time on a scope base. I want never make that mistake again.